New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-28
THE DEMOCRATIC SEE-SA'V.
A MAsTERLy SERIES IF SHAM BATTLES.
COMPROMISES AT ALL POINTs-THE PLAN OF CAM


PAIGN.
WAsHINCTON, Dec. 81 tSpecian.-Of course this
is to be Compromise" Administration, at least
until after the Presidential election. Even care
less observer in Washington now understands
TINT Careful readers of TIE TRIBUNE have UNI
Gclst cd it for weeks The air is full Of " COM
promises ;r-Mr. Randall says it was all n mis-
take or at least a misapprchenson about the
Presidents message, and that when the Presl-
dent said nc was opposed to any reduction OF IN
trrnal taxation, he meant that he was III FAVOR OF
it. Mr. Randall knows that he holds the wlnn-
ing cards bat he is generous in playing them.
Administ ration Democrats now are saylng-Ad-
min ration frcetradcrs, as well as Aoinlhlstrl-
ton prote ticnists-that revenue bill Is TO DE
nassed but that there is obe a series OF advances
and rctr,.ts Who is to obtain the advantage IN
this mastery series OF sham battles, neither side
darcs to predict.
In The STAR tonight the plan of campaign
is set forth in these words:
Tho majority ftle Democrats will start ont to got
ne much talT reduction and aS little projection as they
an But they prepared 10 retreat sooner Than
tsLc = defeat Whenever they FIN! that they cannot
O., what they would like they viii COMPROMISE taking
the best thny can get. They VIII folio" this plan
thouchouf compromising to cYrrv dcial until thy
have secured bI that can pass tho house. While
starting with the avowa OF ant oEnis to pro'ec-
ton a a princp pie and maintaining that osiil"h -
will far In IN ir cO'rf-Sff'~ PROP
ably As To accept n bin for whrh Mr. Randall and his
followers can vote without doing violence 10 ihel pro
c,ttou theories Yet II j. expected 10 get a hill that
viii make a considerable reduction IN the r"vcnIo
rho proposition going into the committee viii be for
pretty str bsclcd tariff reform without any recoFnl
lion Of protection principles. lis manac 'm"nt. u IS
ind,re TODD Will br droc,ed hy Mr. Car-" much rs
n ne wcrc the chairman OF the WAYS AMI Means Com
mlticc Tho committee go into their work with their
couisa already marked out fpr them. ~. Gay viii go
ON tho committee represent Mr. Randall unless tho
spca lor changes hi, mind. ard the two factions ~
the party VIII probably com" 70 an UNDERSTANDING Of
hat De done before they ,i into th" ho Tho
hll VIII hc taken mp item 10y item. ard ~ agreem"nt
or compromise reached al each stop Probably 10
ono reduction will be uada just As al first proposed,
but each item will probably remain IN the bill IN
modified form. \ great effort VIII be made To con
slider tho matter dspaS,ouarly. and not fo mist Urnn
ANYTHING that would rau@r serious q agreement
Mr. Carlisle and Mr.. Randall have TALKED the matter
over carefully. and thcy both expect flat an
agreement VIII be- reached and ih1' they pass
ihrir differences ~ opini"r without rrWark The bin
will certainly not bc all that IS desired. hli the Pres
id"nt and III" majority of his party caa tiuihiuy A.
sort that they have tried To 20 further and That they
have don" tie best they c"nl1 IN" important point
viii De- that IN" rcvruuo viii ho reduced.
ASIDE from the fact that thcr. seems 10 be no
probability II tn" assignment oi Nlr. Gay or any
Other " representative O. Nr Randall" To IN"
WAYS and Means Committee. The para sraph quoted
aprcIrs 20 hc >ui ''aniialiv corrcct II ANYBODY
will read il IN conjunction with the Presidents
u.>-n-r which was sent 10 Epn-r"s, three weeks
ago. he may derive benefit from tnc exercise.